Films by Rasmus Sievers

2014, 80 min
by Hannah Leonie Prinzler

Did you know that 20% of your genes are patented and owned by private corporations? In a creative investigation director Hannah Leonie Prinzler uncovers who profits from patents, and who bears the social consequences. Along her journey she meets British inventor James Dyson and American business gurus in the Silicon Valley. She learns the shocking story of our body’s genes that we don’t own and finds out about the war strategies that patent attorneys apply. She travels to Geneva, the world’s hea

Germany 2012, 70 min
by Beatrice Möller

Any instructions on how to be a woman these days? Everything seems possible for the thirty-somethings tackling their lives today, as the globalized world offers a myriad of options - more than ever before. On the flip side, the certainties we used to lean on have become alarmingly shaky: Wedding rings don’t actually possess love-preserving magic powers; a university degree does not necessarily come with a job offer - and let’s just not speak of retirement provisions. Past generations’ gender rol

Germany 2011, 60 min
by Rasmus Sievers, Marina Monsonis

The Carrer dels Pescadors – Fisher Street– in Barcelona’s Barceloneta district, idyllically situated at the seaside and harbor, is organizing its annual neighborhood fiestas. Although many streets used to participate, it is now the only one left. Gentrification has made its mark, and is encouraged by Barcelona’s focus on tourism. The residents of Fisher Street, most of whom are senior citizens, are fighting against this development. Despite the strenuous work it means for them, they proceed to r

Germany 2009, 58 min
by Beatrice Möller

In the new South Africa everyone is equal: Blacks, Whites, Indians and Coloureds. On a train journey on the Shosholoza Express they encounter fragments of their past. Twenty years after the end of apartheid rule, everything has changed but nothing is as it should be. Travelling through modern cities, dilapidated townships and vast open spaces, the film tells a story of inner boundaries, prejudices still not overcome, unfulfilled hopes and simmering conflicts. Everyone is travelling on the same t

Germany 2008, 75 min
by Hannah Leonie Prinzler

The singer Tatiana and the dancer Ligia belong to the generation of young Nicaraguans, who are sent to study in Eastern Europe after the Sandinist Revolution in 1979. Dreaming that they will contribute to the cultural development their country one day, they set out for Berlin and Kiev. But when they return in the early 90s, after a decade of civil war and a failed revolution, their future in Nicaragua is more than uncertain. Canto y Danza is an intimate portrait of two strong and extraordinary

Germany 2008, 58 min
by Gesa Knolle, Birthe Templin

WHAT REMAINS captures almost 70 years of German history and introduces two families who couldn't be more different. When she was just 17, Erna chose to remain with her mother during the deportation even to Auschwitz. She promised her mother to tell the world of the horrors she experienced, something she is still doing. Dietlinde on the other hand finds out in her teens that the woman who has raised her is not her real mother, but her aunt. Whilst researching her family history in the 80’s, she l